Post office issues

CrabslayerT · 2017-03-27T23:36:56.000Z

For the past year or so, I've been shipping from different post offices, depending on what I'm doing at work on that day. Most of the time I don't have any problems, I search for the best deal for shipping my items, print the label, whack it on the box and drop at the most convenient post office. Item sells yesterday to a Greek buyer, printed the label through PayPal at £15. I entered the weight and dimensions as usual, calculated cost, bought shipping, no problems arise. Fast forward to this morning, dropping box of at a place I'd used before but normally avoid as I had a few problems with them in the past. Usual smiley looking c***head watches me coming to the counter. Upon receipt of my shipping box, "hmm that looks a bit big" looks at label, "oh that doesn't look right" asks me to put it on the scales (I normally add an extra few grams to be on the safe side), "ah the weight is all wrong. How much did you pay?" Tell him what I paid, "where is it going?" Give him parcel, looks at label again, "oh wow it's going to Greece!" Long story short, refuses to accept my package, and starts showing me prices on his computer (not the first time but the first for any thing bigger than a padded envelope). I ended up paying 32 quid! Phoned PayPal to ask what the story is and get shipping specialist. He's confused and can't understand why this dude refused. So has anyone else had this issue at the post office?